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Since the release of the 10.1.0 update, which introduced our new MMR system, we've been closely monitoring matchmaking data and player feedback. Many of you have reported matches feeling unbalanced, with players of widely varying skill levels and playtimes being matched together. The launch of the new MMR system required a…

Hello everybody, As you’re all aware, we are currently in our 10th year of operating Dead by Daylight as a live game. While the dev team is looking at numerous ways to update, improve, and modernize the game to carry us through the next 10 years, we are doing this on the community side of things as well. When looking at…

@CountOfTheFog Our dear Count, friend and community chief for all things updates, was recently in a serious accident. When I was able to briefly speak with him, he was in a lot of pain and facing surgery. He was also really upset about not being able to attend the event in Canada today. He was so eager and excited to meet…

Hello! My friend Weldo and I would like to share our 250 game killer winstreak and balance opinions during this iteration of 2V8. We have just over 11.5k hours between us. Wincon was 6K no gate, we feel this is the most realistic for the mode. Curious how we got so many games in general? Read on! After the first 30-40…

Perk is cool and all but thinking about it shouldn't it be reversed? At least from a lore perspective Aurora is supposed to be the salvation of her people so shouldn't they cry out to her when they're in trouble instead of the other way around? In game terms I'm basically asking why instead of what we have make it so you…

The perk I am talking about it Teamwork : Toughen Up. While injured, whenever another Survivor within 24 metres of your location blinds the Killer by any means or stuns them using a Pallet. Teamwork: Toughen Up triggers its effect: Suppresses your Grunts of Pain, and the creation of Pools of Blood and Scratch Marks for…

In about a month, these forums will close, so with that, my send-off to this wonderful place on the internet would be to post a Sable every day until it happens. Est: 32 days until closure 1/32 - Goth Princess Sable

PLease

"When I found an item before, it never looked like this". While Receiving an item from a Chest it is 100% bigger. While carrying a Prodigious Item, you are hindered by 5%. Prodigious items have 100/125/150% more charges.

You know, those high windows that are 5 meters above the ground were put there because survivors have a stagger when they land on the ground from a high place, while killers do not. I almost swear that vaulting of these windows hardly gives any distance from the killer. You can fast vault these windows and then the killer…

A list of what may be one of my final forum posts - and yes imma be greedy b/c I have nothing to lose. This is a non exhaustive list PERKS (mixed survivor and killer combined) Buff Potential Energy to store up to 30 charges Buff Weaving Spiders by reducing invocation time Buff Rapid Brutality by incresing the…

Perk : Nomadic Prey "I will do whatever it takes, I WILL RUIN YOU". When you are chased by the Killer, Nomadic Prey activates: Killers that chase you will gain Bloodlust 50/75/100% faster. Killer have the potential to unlock Bloodlust IV once per trial which grant a further 5% haste. Once the killer drops chase, the…

The Judgement changes with the Hud and to zealous steering must be reverted. The fact that you are balancing the game around players who are not paying attention is absurd! Why are we making a killer, who has already been deemed the hardest killer to play, even harder to play? Please, for the respect of your player base.…

It would be great if Behavior added a new option that hid the survivor’s nickname in the lobby before the match starts and only revealed it at the end of the match. I started streaming three months ago. I have two computers, which lets me monitor who’s watching the stream, and constantly, during the match, I see the…

After 10 years, the game looked to get better, but it's gotten more competitive and frustrating than actually fun for the rest of the players. This reflects in the absurd queue time imbalance and complains about the same stuff over and over. Yes, there are some quality of life changes like the upcoming survivor text wheel,…

More Castlevania stuff coming!? 🫪

Since they added the killer ability lists in the menu, I haven't paid a huge amount of attention to them. But I was idly checking something on spirit today, namely if her attacks coming out of phase count as basic attacks or special attacks and noticed the description doesn't specify. Out of curiosity I checked nurse's…

Greetings, friends of the Fog! For the very last time here on the Forums, I hope this discussion finds you doing well. By know I'm sure you are that the DBD Forums' days are numbered. It will remain until this year's Halloween, then it will be shut down, as per the recent announcement. And well… it would be an…

Once the killer enters 36 metres of your location. Propinquity activates to indicate when the killer is nearby. If the killer is further than 36 metres. Generators are highlighted through walls. Generator Auras linger for 3/4/5 seconds if the killer enter 36 metres of your location. The Perk is designed as a reversed…

This map is literally a loss for survivors as soon as they load in, and has been for almost a year and a half. Can we PLEASE just change it already? 4 jungle gyms on the entire map, all filler pallets are either on teeny tiny loops, or are on low loops, making them useless against all ranged killers, and it has a…

I know others have mentioned this before. Since the forums are shutting down. I feel that the forums should be archived for people who want to learn how the Dead By Daylight really works. While also remembering those who passed away. And I also feel that erasing those tributes and game information would be devastating to…

I recently had an idea, an idea of what if a killer's whole gimmick is injury. Therefore, i came up with the following idea: a killer named "The Mutilator", it would work like this: Traditional survivor health is now changed. Players now can break bones, be left bleeding, and maybe even concussions. The mutilators power?…

I put a Forum into the way back machine and noticed it just saved a blank, so decided to manually back up some posts so that we have a archival form of them. Focus on Feedback posts eg the pallet density feedback threads and official dev threads like the skull merchant concept stuff, update announcements along with all the…

I mean there is really nothing more to add xD please give us bald Shane. Thx in advance Behaviour <3

I'm thinking about learning Singularity on controller and wanted to hear from people who actually play him regularly. With the auto-aim and aim-assist changes, how controller-friendly does he feel now, especially long term? My biggest question is the Biopods. After the initial auto-aim, when you have to manually track a…

I hate looping while getting ear taped by the terror radius music trying to find hatch that is quieter than a mouse

I was originally going to wait to post this until the forums were closer to ending, but as it looks like there might be a slow/fast exodus before that, so here goes. I'll probably post two or three more times over the next month in more directed feedback to BHVR, but it would feel strange not to say goodbye to people I've…

I've been playing the game a long time now but I've always been more of a survivor main. When I do play killer I tend to use ones that are relatively simple to control but every now and again I'll try and improve on a killer I don't use (mostly for trophy hunting) yet no matter what I find it so hard to blink to where I…

the graphical updates shown in the video look amazing. also super excited for the sound design update. hopefully it makes the game feel scarier and more immersive, especially with how sound travels over distance. i shouldn’t hear someone’s hook scream blasting in my ear at full volume when they got hooked across the map.

On the killer side -Gates should be openable by killers after closing hatches -Should be able to see hook totals on each survivor -Should get the same bloodpoint multiplier as survivors due to the long wait times -Multiple choices for each ability in the different classes to allow more customization -Hex perks in classes…

"From September 25th to 27th, every Survivor playing as Shane who completes a specific in-game objective will contribute to a donation multiplier goal. Reaching this goal will add a 1.5x multiplier to Dead by Daylight’s total donation." What's the goal? What's the in-game objective? Where can I see the count? Why is BHVR…

They announced modifiers as this new, different way of playing the game. So far we had 4 versions My Little Oni: One time april fools. Didn't even return last or this year Light's out: Strives further from it's original premise with every iteration of no info, pure gameplay, adding first candelabras (okay) and this time…

About time to say goodbye to the forums. So I figured I'd make some posts I was putting off for the future. This is one. When I think of Ghostface, it's like this. His mark is simultaneously strong, and ridiculously weak. It's enough that once you feel stalked enough you have to respect it, and it will pop at any moment if…

Mine would have to be Dracula. Its kind of a big deal to be able to play as Dracula from Castlevania as he is only playing in 1 game out of over 25 ( not counting lords of shadow as thats an entirely different reboot Dracula) They also added the voice actor of Alucard from Hellsing, and his best version True form from…

I actually think Potential Energy is in an alright spot, I only suggest two small changes. Lost half of the tokens when injured not all of them. To be able to use Generator perks through Potential Energy. What I mean by the second change is perks like Bada Bada Boom or Chemical Trap requires 20% of the Generator to…

As people are obviously aware, this is an official forum for DBD. The fact that there is not tens of thousands of people is the reason why you can respond to anyone. I understand that Discord has a lot more people than DBD Forums but suggestions will become irrelevant. There will be thousands of messages at once, you will…

I know a lot will of already been said, discussed, shared etc throughout the forums, even myself has said a few things, but just to get some things off my mind and chest. Having not too long ago watched Paulie as well and his thoughts about the forum……. To some, this is just a forum, to others it is not, we each get…

For players who mainly use controller, which of these two do you think is easier to get more value from long-term? The Oni Very strong mobility and snowball potential, but his power seems to depend a lot on precise steering/flicks during Demon Dash and fast camera corrections. The Dark Lord More flexible kit with Hellfire,…

I'm starting to believe that this is an intentional nerf designed to solve the issues with sniping while maintaining the skill ceiling. It is so difficult to hit long range shots with the power and I can't use my favorite Add-ons effectively, rather it is a hindrance or waste to use most of they're Add-ons. Not to mention…

When a survivor uses a fog vial outside of chase I just want to reach through the screen and slap them. It's a giant "HERE I AM" flag.

With the amount of people celebrating the nerf to windows for example I do want to say that I do hope killer mains understand that more encounters with sweaty survivors will only get worse right? Like personally Windows is not my favourite perk or even all that appealing to me, and I understand changing perks because they…

I have returned to the Dead by Daylight Forums after hearing the most recent news of it getting deleted forever. (By @PaulieEsther ) I joined these forums in September of 2018. Literally 8 Years ago. I have had many debates with other users. Heated or not. I have seen many bans before the alleged obsessive ban waves…

You've seen the news, our patch of fog disperses next month, marking the end of our little subcommunity. I've spent a bit too much time here, waiting for responses, typing out replies, or just reading what you all had to say. Now that it's ending, I honestly feel a little untethered, like a small part of my life was rubbed…

Back in June 2023, the Twisted Masquerade event introduced us with a bunch on new mechanics. Such as the fragile pallet. With the introduction of Rick Grimes gave us the perk Apocalyptic Ingenuity. Which implemented the fragile pallet as a base feature. Along with the June 2023 came another cool survivor mechanic, the…

The title states it if you want to join send a request. You can do discussions on Steam groups like in the forums so at least that way you can still experience the same format. Thought to create one of these as same happened in another forum that closed down so at least you can stay in contact with the Steam users and have…

i got a few things for you guys. whats your fav memory on the forums? take a minute, sit back and think about a tim when you really enjoyed your discussions on here and think to one that sticks with you. ive only been here for a bit so dont have one yet. except for meting tthis clown main who was allbout the love of…

With the announcement of the closure of the forums, I'm wondering what will happen to all the posts here? Old stats articles, legacy tributes to valued members who died of cancer, etc... In my opinion this is part of our history. Will this all be cast to the wind, or is there a plan to archive everything here and just…

im quite sad at the forums getting shutdown, ive had a fantastic time on here, and this was a really good place to get advice from. build ideas, the pointless arguments, damn. the whole lot, no more. Im really thankful this place existed, oh with my shoutouts i forgot to mention @Balrog generally a fantastic person to talk…

What do you guys think? I have been winning pretty much every game and playing survivor is just rought right now in 2vs8. Killers just seem to roll over not even needing really to guard gens. This wasn't case in iterations before which seemed lean more survivor sided. Just starting to feel too easy on killer. I have won…

Hey, all. It's been a minute since I've been on these forums. Just got back on today and saw the post about it closing. Don't really know what to say about that. Anyway, for years I've been unofficially petitioning BHVR to get an official The Mummy (1999) chapter. And now that Brendan Fraser is officially doing another The…

i wanted to quickly make a thread bringing attention to two videos created by fellow community members @PaulieEsther and @Arcturus that cover this topic. i think they're really worth listening to and discussing while the platform is still alive. i encourage you share your thoughts, as well as give these two content…

So like, ever since the judgement came out, we gonna end up getting a backrooms killer using the exile ability that just sends us to the backrooms? Because I know that they love to reuse powers and that legit makes the most logical sence. Or maybe there's some generates that are in the backrooms that we and or the killer…